Is this Heaven? No, it's Iowa. A place of fertile soil, traditional values and simple pleasure. And in Dyersville, Iowa, at the 91-year-old Lansing family farm with its quaint, and oh so recognizable house, baseball still ranks as a favorite pastime for all ages. What better place to carve a baseball diamond from a corn field and to make a movie about pursuing one's dream, no matter how much effort it takes.

Is this Heaven? No, it's Iowa. A place of fertile soil, traditional values and simple pleasure. And in Dyersville, Iowa, at the 91-year-old Lansing family farm with its quaint, and oh so recognizable house, baseball still ranks as a favorite pastime for all ages. What better place to carve a baseball diamond from a corn field and to make a movie about pursuing one's dream, no matter how much effort it takes.

Oh yeah. I hope it is a sign that the MUSL will pick 3-9-27-43-55 and 4 as Powerball (my quick pick for next draw as well as the last two) for Wednesday's draw! If not, I get a new quick pick for the first three draws of April, as is my new system.

If you like small hits, I say OK Pick 3. You can win by hitting 2 of 3 (front two or back two), as long as you select in advance "front two" or "back two". In other words if you play the numbers 123 and "Front two" - then you win if any of these numbers come up: 120, 121, 122, ......129. You'd win $50.00 a hit. Not too bad!!

By themselves no state is easy to hit. Every state requires an understanding of how the numbers are drawn what numbers are due. Using different workouts to get at the picks, a little luck, some basic deductions. Elimination of used up numbers. Selection of due numbers. And picking the digits that are supposedly going to come out.

One of the neatest things I see happen a lot is a number which came out on the same date last year or in previous years on the same date comes out on the same day, (this year) either boxed or straight.

If I had to pick a certain state I'd say Oregon because they have 4 pick 4 drawings a day and you can bet 5 numbers for each drawing and almost hit by accident if you use smart picks or numbers they draw a lot.